What do you think of comments

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Some people like hearing themself type.

The whole comments > giveaways is supposed to be a way to tell if you say thanks every time you enter. As long as you are not spamming I would say the more comments the better.

I comment because I like to talk, thats really it, I dont think it makes you a great member or anything but I do think its nice to thank people for the giveaways they do of course.

They should put a button that says "Thanks" up. That way all the people saying "TY" and other shortform variations of "thanks" can occupy one space.

People that want to add something in addition to thanks, socialize, talk or whatever could comment regularly.

Just an idea.

number of comments = a number, stored on a server, having no bearing on one's life whatsoever

Comments, just your opinion.

It's not the quantity of comments but the quality.

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Thanks comments are nothing more than spam, if community consider them so important then there should be a Thanks button like there is Report button.

"Comment contributor giveaways"? I would like this idea :D

And by thanking in giveaways we are expressing out gratitude.

If the comments are on Giveaways... They should be more than just Thnx / Thanks / Thank-you / Thx etc. We could just have a 'Thanks' button like FB's Like button, people should make more effort in their comments like 'Awesome giveaway, been looking for this game for a while' etc.

If it's comments on the forums, it's not spam unless it's obviously irrelevant to the thread / random keyboard beatings / other spammy things.

With all the loads of same comments on every giveaway, I don't comment at all. But if I win, I let the contributor know what I feel about winning his giveaway. I think it is much more personal and meaningful.

You will burn in hell because all of your comments, it's a sin and you will pay for it and everybody you know will pay too.

Most people with a "good" comment>entries ratio are spammers. We all know it's full of them, a quick glance at the forum's topics will show so. Personally I'd rather have a handful of good comments than tons of meaningless ones.

Hence why I don't go thanking every giveaway I enter. I do in some. But not all. Being in either side of it doesn't makes you a good or bad forum member. It's what you do and how that does that. You can be a "spammer" and be a good member same way you can comment on rare occasions and be an ass. You make your own rep yourself.

I comment when I have something to say and when it comes to "thanks" in giveaways, I usually thank, I find it polite, even when it takes merely 3 sec. I say "thanks" because I don't like when someone who is here for many months, entered hundreds of giveaways, has less than fifty comments wins my giveaway. I know, more important is whether s/he will and enjoy the game.

I think I'll comment your comment.

Personally I thank the person who is giving away the game personally when I win it. Its pretty pointless thanking him in the giveaway because he won't even see it(Who reads 500-1000 "Thanks/ty/thx" comments anyway?) but I go out of my way every time to say thanks regardless of whether he sees that or not. Its basic gratitude because I mean what I say. However, when I'm not shit tired after a long day I always try to write a proper thank you or actually comment about the giveaway.

I thank them for every giveaway I enter cause it's gratitude. I try to post on their steam profile also to thank them. After all, a little appreciation goes a long way.

People are just looking way to deep in to this. So far it has become a habit thanking people for giveaways I enter.

If someone is giving me a chance to win a game I wish to play; I am thankfull for the chance. Why not post that.

As I said, comments:entries ratio is meaningless, it's how useful their posts are what really should be took into account. If you have never seen a person on the forumб but they have 1000+ comments, that maybe a bad sign. True, they could comment on giveaways with something more useful and interesting, than tytyty, but who knows? I wouldn't check all their comments to know for sure. Just pay attention whether you saw that person posting something decent on forums. Use your own judgement for that, as you want to judge them, right? Be it OP's curiousity, private giveaway leader who seeks for new trustful members or simply a person who wants to have some active steamgifts users as their friends.
To put it shortly - 50 useful comments > 1000 thankses. But how said Jade, at least thanking in giveaways is still better than silent entries here and there.

Oh and about thank you button, may it burn in hell, as it's the best place for it. It is nice addition for torrent tracker forums, but not for steamgifts. Ever.

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